Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well I 've run into a spot of bother . |
2 | I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo |
3 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
4 | ‘ Going to Wembley is what I 've wanted as a manager . |
5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
6 | I 've gone on a bit but |
7 | In the meantime , I 've cabled for an X-ray report on the fellow 's chest . |
8 | I 've I 've written to a friend in in Anglesey |
9 | that 's Yeah I , I 've lost over a stone now . |
10 | I 've er , I 've lost about a stone in a couple of months or so , that 's all , but it 's er better than gaining I suppose . |
11 | That 's the third 'an I 've lost in a week and I 'm flummoxed I want ye out here this mornin' to have another look round . " |
12 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
13 | The best boxing game I 've played on a home computer is 4D Sports Boxing , again from Mindscape , which uses 3D vector graphics . |
14 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
15 | I 've pondered over a couple of the things . |
16 | You think I 've lived like a nun since we split up ? |
17 | You 're afraid to ask perhaps for I mean I 've lived in a house with a landlord , the landlord turned the heating down , turned the water heating off on occasions because we were using too much hot water between about four or five of us . |
18 | Since my wife died two years ago , I 've lived in a flat on my own . |
19 | For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back . |
20 | ‘ There 's a piece of teak I 've carved into a hex sign up there , ’ he pointed out . |
21 | I do think there are problems and difficulties , I do n't think it will be easy , not least because we do n't have a shared morality and a shared consensus , on the objectives for the voluntary sector , but it is a set of concerns which we must address , er , and I believe that if , if I 've done nothing else today , I 've kicked off a debate , or I 've contributed to a debate which was already rolling , erm , and that we must address those difficulties , and try and find ways through them , because there are opportunities as well as threats in the current situation and I believe we have to look at all of those er , so that we can move into the nineteen nineties which I believe will be a very exciting period for the voluntary sector , and one which the voluntary sector should er , see as exciting , grab the opportunities and move forward . |
22 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
23 | Well something else I 've seen at a car boot . |
24 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
25 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
26 | They tend to they tend to be a bit noisier than the others , but actually they are very constructive , and on Banbury School Governors it 's not the political appointees that erm I 've seen as a problem particularly . |
27 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
28 | I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest . |
29 | ‘ I 've matured as a cricketer through playing against better players but I 'm still the same bloke I was three or four years ago , ’ he said . |
30 | I 've heard of a pub crawl … but a hospital crawl ? |